permanent magnetism
- a word derived from permanent magnet.
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Figure 22.13 An electromagnet induces regions of permanent magnetism on a floppy disk coated with a ferromagnetic material.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
As long as the current continued to flow in its circular course, so long would there be those conditions which would give rise to permanent magnetism.
From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George
The semicircular error is due to a great extent to permanent magnetism, but also in part to induced magnetism.
From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew
Substitute for your magnetic needle a bit of iron wire, devoid of permanent magnetism, and it will set itself exactly as the needle does.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
He calculated the directions of these, and, along about 1875, perceived the possibility of reproducing the effects of permanent magnetism.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various
